E-Diplomacy between Promises and Reality

Abstract

The recent spread of ediplomacy (i.e., the use of social media technologies to carry out diplomatic objectives) in foreign ministries is intended to bridge a long overdue digital gap in the practice of diplomacy. The adoption of ediplomacy nodes promise to create a revolution in the manner in which diplomats engage in information management, public diplomacy, strategy planning, international negotiations or even crisis management. Little is known yet of how actually ediplomacy works, who are its main users, what impact it has and most importantly, how ediplomacy interacts and shapes conventional methods of diplomatic interaction. The objective of this panel is to bridge this analytical gap by exploring the conditions under which ediplomacy informs, regulate or constrains foreign policy. To this end, the panel invites papers with strong theoretical and empirical components addressing questions regarding the policy contributions and normative implications of the application of ediplomacy in public diplomacy, strategic counterterrorist communication, cultural and consular affairs, or crisis management

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